Heritage Buddies
Heritage Buddies - Where Buddies Rest: Stories Rise is a 2 year project being delivered by the Urban Historian funded by the Culture, Heritage & Events Fund from Renfrewshire Council.
About Heritage Buddies
| 1st Mar 2026 to 31st Dec 2027 | |
| See event website for details | |
| Various Locations Renfrewshire | |
| This is a free event | |
| Event organiser/part of The Urban Historian | |
| Visit the event website here | |
| Facebook information can be found here | |
| Follow heritagebuddies on Instagram |
The project is investigating the historic graveyards of modern Renfrewshire tell the story of the County's past through the lives of those who lie with in the graveyards.
We have monthly meetings for volunteers to meet up and do research on the sites and people that are buried in selected graveyards, and we plan to carry out surveys of specific graveyards producing modern lair plans, new transcriptions of memorials, research the history of the graveyard/ church, the genealogy of buried families and write up our results for presentation on social media / website and a final publication.
There will also be a series of graveyard tours and two talks on Paisley graveyards/ wider Renfrewshire graveyards that can be delivered to any interest groups throughout the project.
Our current research groups are held as follows:
Last Thursday of the month in Soutars Cafe, Well Street, Paisley. 12-2pm
Second Saturday of the month in Renfrew Library, Paisley Road, Renfrew. 2-4pm
We will have survey weekends throughout the year and the tours will be at weekends April to October.
If you fancy getting involved please contact us through our website in the first instance.
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Family History Cafe
Join Renfrewshire Ancestors, from The Urban Historian, for their monthly Family History Cafe where you can kickstart your family tree research while supporting the Beatson Cancer Charity!
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Join Renfrewshire Heritage, from The Urban Historian, for their monthly Local History Cafe, perfect for anyone with an interest in Paisley and Renfrewshire history.
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Do you want to discover Paisley & Renfrewshire's history? Join Renfrewshire Heritage from The Urban Historian for their talk series, held on the last Tuesday each month in Paisley St George's Church!
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